Day 32

12 pounds baby!
Isn't that wonderful!
I really needed this today!

I am a couple of points over in my points but I will just use my flex points for it
I had 2 soft chicken tacos for lunch from Taco Mayo and they were 4 points each
But then we went to Red Robin for dinner...
Going over with my points was totally worth it because dinner was wonderful!
I had a grilled chicken sandwich with a pesto sauce on a Ciabatta (I think this is what it was) bun
Oh man, was it good!
I even had a coke but stopped after 1 and drank water

I didn't exercise today but I did move furniture in my classroom
And I was sweatin' like crazy so I know that was worth a couple of extra points!

Day 31

Man, I wish I had a secretary to look over this stuff
As soon as I post, I notice more mistakes
Oh well, I warned you from the beginning that I am not the best at grammar and spelling!

I don't know what the deal is but I haven't been hungry lately
That is a good thing
Maybe it is just that I have got my snacking under control
The past couple of days I figure up my points and I have more than 10 left before dinner

I have been surfing the net printing off WW recipes that I think I would like
I plan to try at least 2 new recipes this month
Don't want to over whelm my self with cooking :)
But I am in the mood to try some new stuff
I will let you know what I make

I go through the 100 calorie snacks like crazy!
I can't wait for Walmart to start making their version
They will be a lot cheaper
I am very stingy with my snacks too...I don't let the kids eat them
Is that bad? If they do like them they would eat them all in one day
That would make one pissed mommy!
I am always telling them no, those are mommy snacks

Speaking of, I came across and old love at Walmart today
The WW cookies and cream ice cream bar
2 points of pure bliss
You know damn well, that the kids will not be getting their little paws on them!

Day 30

Denise Austin and got acquainted again
I haven't done aerobics with her in a couple of days
So I knew that I needed to get back into it...her and I have a date again tomorrow morning

I don't know what is up with my sleeping pattern
But I am sleeping all the time
I sleeping in in the morning, take a nap with Noah but I am staying up until midnight
I am ready to get back to my school schedule

I was getting tired of my baked fish and I knew frying was out of the question
So I breaded talapia tonight with breadcrumbs, Parmesan and seasoning salt
I also dipped them in low fat buttermilk before I breaded them
I cooked them in skillet with just 2 T of olive oil
It was really good and didn't even need lemon juice
I figured it out to 6 points but I think it may even be a little lower than that

My journey is definitely under way...
I can now wear my wedding ring without it cutting off my circulation
I also have a pair of black shorts that are now getting very loose then there is a pair of khaki ones that I have been unable to zip...now I am wearing them!
:)

Day 29

Well my day started off with my youngest up my 5 and the other two were right after him...oh what fun!
Considering how long I have been up today I have done pretty well!

I stayed within my point range and even realized that I haven't used my extra 15 this week! The night is still young baby!

I made breaded chicken tonight that was very good
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/wwrecipes/normal.htm
It said to use 4 chicken breast with the bone still on
Instead I used 2 big boneless breast and cut them into strips (kids are more likely to eat them that way)
I didn't have any paprika to put in
But when I do it again I plan to add a little more bread crumbs maybe 1/3 cup instead of the 1/4
I didn't have enough to finish coating all of the chicken
I even ate a little more than 1 serving but that can go towards my flex points
It will be good on a sandwich with a slice of swiss too...lunch tomorrow

You know I am always on the hunt for foods with lots of fiber because
1. it makes the WW points lower
2. my diet is lacking in fiber
I found Fiber One crackers! I bought the garlic and herb-5 g of fiber and only 2 points

I also was happy to find out that Walmart has started making the 100 calorie packs
The only one I saw was the shortbread cookies with chocolate
I hope they start making more because they are $1 less!
I will be looking out for more varieties of these

Day 28

Day 28 is a wonderful day!
I weighed this morning and I have lost 10.6 pounds! One day ahead of my goal!
You don't know how happy I am and I don't have any problem with telling everybody!
90 more to go

I had lunch with friends today
It was awesome that I was able to stay withing my point range and not go ape shit
My own little mountain climbed!

I celebrated my weight loss with some new clothes
I bought 2 skirts, 1 top and a pair of shoes
The skirts look cute on me but they will look even better when I lose some of these spare tires around my waist
Something to work for.....

Day 27

I have to admit that I have been getting on the scale every morning this week monitoring my progress
I am so close to 10 pounds that I can taste it! I am at 9.8!
I was thinking tonight that if I could get rid of 10 pounds a month that would be so wonderful!
But I am not going to get my hopes up!

I have been obsessed with this idea of getting healthy...I think about it non stop
But you know, I thought about food 24/7 before so I guess my brain has to think about something

Speaking of, I have been thinking a lot about when I go back to work
Life gets so crazy that I don't want to resort back to my old ways of fast food
So I have been thinking of different ways to combat this problem
I think the key will be lots of WW meals in the freezer so I just can pop them in the microwave
As long as I can stay out of the cafeteria at breakfast and lunch I will be ok

I made myself a quesadilla for dinner tonight and it sure was yummy
4 points for tortillas
4 points for the fatty hamburger meat
3 points for 1/3 cup of cheese
1 point for 2 T of light sour cream
12 points total
I am going to be on the hunt for some lower point tortillas and stock up on the low point ground turkey

Day 26

I had a great breakfast this morning
I had one of those 1 point english muffins with half a slice of cheddar and a little ham...yum! and only 4.5 points!

I also had Jamba Juice for lunch today
I got a strawberry whirl and it was only 5.5 points
But Chloe and I shared it so I counted it as 4 points
I need to remember this because it was very filling and healthy too

I made spaghetti for dinner tonight
Used the high fiber noodles-3 points
spaghetti sauce-1 point
hamburger meat-4 points (it could have been a lot less but I used the fatty meat)
Plus I measured everything

Portion control baby!

Day 25

Well, I did weigh in
But it wasn't consistent
I weighed twice and got 2 different #'s...so forget it
I am waiting until Saturday
I am crossing my fingers for the big 10 pounds on Saturday' weigh in
Wouldn't that be wonderful! 10 pounds in a month!

Today was a hard day
I was hungry most of the day and fighting a headache
I am guessing that if I was still having periods this would be the week
But I didn't cave in and even exercised!

I have used all my points for the day so I am going to be chugging water the rest of the night

HANG IN THERE KATHY! YOUR "KATHY POWER" WILL PREVAIL!

Day 24

Looking back at my blog, I should have named it Dawn's Ramblings on Her Journey to becoming Fit & Fab

Anybody comes to my house will automatically know I am on WW by looking in the pantry
Everything is marked with its point value on the nutrients chart
In fact today, I was even writing the amount on the stuff I bought before I put it up

I had a first today...
I went to Sonic and didn't get a drink!
We had lunch at Sonic and I got a grilled chicken but decided to not to get a Coke...wow

I found a couple of winners today
Thomas brand multi grain light english muffins
100 calories and 8g of fiber=1 point!

100 calorie pack of chocolate carmel chex is 2 points
Oh man, is it good!

I still have a couple of points left so I think I will be having another chex snack
Looking forward to getting on the scales tomorrow

Day 23

I am so glad to be back in the saddle again
I was a little on the hungry side several times today but I fixed that with water
It was such a good feeling to go through and clean up all the food that the in-laws had brought
In the trash or out of sight out of mind!

My new point range is 26-31
I am now at 31 but I just got through walking
So I get to have a little snack tonight with my exercise points

It was so hot on my walk tonight
I waited until 9:30 but it was still so damn hot out
Once I got going I was ok...the quiet and calm night is such a great way to end my day

Day 22

I am out of GC hell
Thanks for your prayers
It has ended...

Today was a very interesting food day
My intake consisted of:
3 cokes
movies popcorn with butter
KFC chicken breast
chocolate chip granola bar
Very healthy huh?

I plan to be back in the saddle again tomorrow
Looking forward to it!

Shelli has made up a new saying WWDD...what would Dawn do
It feels wonderful that I inspire others to make healthy chooses too!

Day 21

Help! I am in Golden Corral hell!
Yes, we went there again tonight
I don't want to see another GC as long as I live!
That place is so depressing...all the fat gross and obese people putting all of that horrible food into their body
Including me!

So after the past 2 days, I will not be getting on the scales
I will not put myself through that
I plan to weigh on Tuesday

Some happy news...
I don't remember if I said that the in-laws brought a lot of food over when they came on Wednesday
I have not been eating it
Kathy has reminded me that it is not "will's power" it is Dawn's power
I think Dawn's power has really kicked in (except for GC)
:)

Day 20

Wow, day 20
I think I am doing pretty awesome at 20 days now
I am working on my self image
I look at myself in the mirror and all I see is fat
I want tot see results and I want to see them now
But it is going to take 20-30 pounds before you will begin to see it on me
I can say that my shorts seem loose and my body feels so much better!
My body was really starting to rebel on me right before I started this journey
My stomach was upset all the time, I had no energy and couldn't do anything without starting to breathe heavy
But now I have so much more energy and my body feels so much better!

I started off the day good, but for dinner we ended up at Golden Corral
I no I didn't eat healthy
So I gave up on counting points for today
But I can say 2 good things about today
I came home and walked 3 lamps around our block and my father-in-law bought a ham for us to cook
A fuckin smoked ham...god I love ham like that
I kept going by it saying bad ham, bad ham
I knew if I started it I would never stop
I did eat just about 1/2 a piece and that is it
Exercising after Golden Corral is another fuckin miracle in itself!

I have walked the past 2 nights
Since Herb is home this week it has been nice to go by myself walking (I go around 9:30 pm so it is not as hot)

I also wanted to mention our trip to I-Hop yesterday for lunch
I was very proud
I had the Belgium waffle with none of the extra crap (eggs, bacon and hash browns)
It was still yummy and filling
:)

Day 19

I am now in the 26-31 point range
I guess losing weight does have its disadvantages!

The in-laws are here for the rest of the week so I really going to try to exercise every day and just maintain
If I lose any super...if I don't, no biggie

I am ending the day on 49/34 points
Yes, it is over but I have points that I didn't use earlier in the week and plus my flex points

I made a WW german chocolate upside down cake and it is so good!
You use a regular cake mix but put in egg whites (5!), sour cream and applesauce
It was 5 points
I will try to post the recipe sometime

For breakfast I made WW apple fiber muffins
They were 2 points each
Very good to me...but not so to everybody else
but it was a nice change from my fiber cereal everyday!

I discovered something tonight
My mother in law bought stuff for strawberry shortcake
But I just ate the strawberries with cool whip
Cool whip was only 1 point for 1 T
Very yummy!

Day 18

Hello blog buddies
I really missed blogging last night
You know all the porn I post on this site finally shut me done...no really some tech problem with blogspot but now I am back!

8.6 pounds!!!
I have wanted to weigh more than 1 day a week
So I finally gave in and I am now weighing on Tuesday and Saturdays

Today I wasn't much of a eater again
I ended the day with 32/33 points
But I did eat frozen pizza and regular ice cream
It tells you how many points I had left over towards the end of the day

Day 17

Today has been a wierd day
I haven't been hungry and haven't wanted to eat
That is so very unusual for me
As of right now I have used 23 of the 36 points for the day
I guess I can always bank those points for later on in the week

Herb's family is coming in tomorrow and will be here until Saturday
It is going to be hard to stay in my point range
I plan to use most of my points in the evening

I plan to make a cake and muffins that is point friendly
Once I make up my mind, I will post the recipes

:)

Day 16

I wanted to add something to yesterdays chicken
I love to make a sandwich with the left over chicken on a sandwich with swiss
It is so good! I use to love eating it on a croissant but that's out...
Now its the good old wheat bread

I am ending the day on 33/33

I was looking back at the WW book and realized that I am going to be loosing some points soon out of my day
But that does mean I am losing weight!

:)

Day 15

This has nothing to do with my blog but I have to share...
I am a freakin idiot!
I ran out of gas tonight after dark with all 3 kids in the car!
Yes, laugh all you want!
Good old Kathy comes to rescue me again almost 1 year to the day that she ran to help me before
No , I didn't run out of gas then, it was when I broke my ankle
God, I love her!

I am so very proud to say that I have got rid of 7.6 lbs!
I am ending the day at 33/33...not bad
Chloe and I had one of our favorite dinners
I didn't think I was able to have it in my point range but I made it
It is ravioli with chicken
I saute the chicken in olive oil, garlic and salt
It is to die for!
Then I was able to have 9 ravioli with white sauce
Yes, I was also surprised that the Walmart Alfredo is only 3 points for 1/4 a cup

Tonight we went to the Mid Summer's Night Fair
I was a little worried that I would blow it but I did ok
I drank just a little of the kid's shaved ice and had a little kettle corn
I wasn't for sure about the kettle corn so I went back and asked the gal at the booth
I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask and she actually knew!
2 points for about 2 cups

Day 14

It has really been neat hearing how I am inspiring others to get healthy
On the other hand, it has really kept me accountable and motivated
So thanks for your kind words!

I exercised again today
Good old Denise Austin!
I am ending the day on 34/37 (extra points for excising)

I went out to eat lunch with a friend again today
I was so very proud that I was able to go out to eat and enjoy the social time but still stay withing my point range
We went to Macalister's and I had a wild berry chicken sandwich with a fruit cup
It was yummy!
For dinner I just stuck with a baked potato
I used I Can't believe It Is Butter spray...I like this butter but it isn't the same as good old butter!

Looking forward to weighing tomorrow because my clothes are starting to feel better on me
Not loose, just I can breath now
:)

Day 13

Something you may not know about me...
I don't each veggies!
Really I don't
I eat corn and potatoes (and those not very often)
Everybody that finds this out will spend the next couple of hours naming different veggies and asking if I like them
But I don't
So that is why eating healthy is so hard for me
But I have been eating lots of fruit lately

Today was another good food day
I am ending the day with 32/33 (seems to be a trend for me)
For dinner I made salmon, Parmesan couscous and corn on the cob
It was a yummy dinner!
I have tried couscous once before and it was blah
I decided to give it another try
I bought Near East Parmesan Couscous at Target and it was great!
3 points for a cup and a whole cup is a lot of couscous!
Looking to try more flavors of it!

Day 12

Another day of exercising!
But my legs are sure sore
The price you pay to be fabulous!

I met a friend at PF Chang's for lunch today
By the way, it was great!
I did research the menu on Dotti's web site...but changed my mind when we got there
But I think I still did ok
I had the orange peel shrimp with brown rice
I am ending the day with 50 points
So that uses my flex points for the week
I am very happy with that
Because.....you know me I can't wait until Saturday to weigh
4.8 lbs gone!

But now that I am thinking about my points...I do get my 4 points for exercising
So I feel even better
:)

Day 11

**********************News Flash*********************************

I exercised today! I came across Denise Austin on Lifetime that I use to do long ago

Well, I taped it and did it this morning and I made it all the way through

I forgot how much I like her...she is very encouraging and also gives options on the workout

I plan to do it as many days as I can

So...I also get to add points...4 points!

Since I had the extra points, I just enjoyed a mini coke and my 100 calorie Doritos

I am ending the day on 37/37 points

I made quesidillas with the left over taco meat

I also added light sour cream to it and it was not so dry

Another great day!

:)

Day 10

Thank you to all who read and support me
I have gotten lots of phone calls and emails reminding me that 2.2 pounds is ok
So thank you again!

Today was a good day
I am ending the day with 32/33 points
But I may go find something that is 1 point after this....

I was really looking forward to my turkey meat tacos tonight and they weren't all that
A little on the dry side and kind of blah
I did try the ground turkey meat for the first time
A little expensive but only 3 points per serving
I also used the high fiber tortillas
So with the cheese the soft tacos were 5 points each
Not bad
I think the point value is worth the blandness

Off to use that last point!

Day 9

I started off the day with such good intentions...
I had a bagel with cream cheese, banana, juice and a coke
We were meeting my mother and Chloe at a Mazzios in Okemah
I looked on line and figured out that I could have 2 pieces of a medium cheese pizza and still be ok
Well, I walk in and they have a fucking buffet
So that is thrown all out the window
Why didn't I have enough will power to say no I want to get a personal pan for myself
I had 4-5 pieces of pizza, 1 slice of dessert pizza and 2 cokes
I haven't figured my points but I know I am over
:(

But on the good side of things...
I would usually screw up the rest of the day too
But I have not
I came home and made fruit salad
It was so yummy! I made it with watermelon, peaches, bananas and strawberries
I had 2 servings
Most likely 2-3 points all together

As for weighing
Yes, I did but it wasn't happy about it
Since I started this journey 9 days ago I have lost 2.2 pounds
Yes, that's good but not good enough

Tomorrow is another day!

Day 8

Day 8 , wow
It seems like this journey has been going on forever and it has only been 8 days!

Well I am ending the day on 32/33
I will take that
Chloe has been at my mother's for a couple of days
I miss her terribly but I don't miss cooking
I have been eating WW meals at night
She also asks non stop
"Mom can we go to Golden Corral"
"Mom can we go to I Hop"
"Mom can we go to Moe's"
It has been nice not hearing that and tempting me

I have been eating the WW ice cream sandwiches
They rock and only 2 points
I save it for after all the little ones are in bed and I don't have to share it
:)

Tomorrow is the big weigh in day
Be thinking about me
If it is good news I may post it early

PS~I changed the comment section so anybody could post and you don't have to be a member

Day 7

I am back on the right road today

Ate really good

Had 32/33 points

Even had a couple of extra things because I was at 22 after dinner



Notice anything new in the title of my blog?

I like journey better



I had planned to weigh tomorrow but since I was off track for 2 days this week

I thing I will wait until Sunday



I didn't talk to Kathy Wednesday and Thursday...and we both went off track

Interesting...

It really helps to talk it out with someone each day

But she has lost 3 pounds as well

Super Job Kathy!



Tried something new the other day that needs raving

The smaller 8oz cokes

2 points! Then I can have 2 a day!

Instead of 1

:)

Day 5 & 6

Ok, the past 2 days have totally sucked on my journey to f & f
Day 5
I colored my hair the night before to represent my new attitude
Very shocking red!
I started the day off with my usual cereal and juice, had a banana and 2 point cookies later on that morning on our drive to my mother's
We had lunch when we got there
I started lunch with very good intentions but by the end it was out the window!
Lunch was wonderful
chicken and hamburgers on the grill (I had the chicken)
pasta salad
German potato salad
fresh corn on the cob
I had reasonable servings of each but when dessert came out...
My mother made this cheese cake that my grandmother used to make (but mom made it low fat)
I had 4 servings by the end of the night
Then she also made no-bake cookies...I had a least 10
Left overs for dinner
Damn damn damn why couldn't I control myself!

Day 6
I woke up to my mother making chocolate chip pancakes! So I had 2 with syrup and PB
Lunch was McD's quarterpounder meal
Dinner was popcorn and a coke
So no better today
Tomorrow I am home and back on board
There will be no more of this crap!

Day 4

Good evening
Started off the day wonderfully!
I couldn't wait until Saturday to get on the scales so I broke down this morning
3.2 lbs!
It only took 3 days!

Looking back at yesterday, I went more than one point over...I was over by 2
But I am not going to beat myself up over it if I have still lost weight

Today I am ending at 39 points...6 over
But again
Not going to dwell on it
Took the kids to the mall this afternoon and we had Chickfila
I did choose a grilled chicken instead of the fried and shared a small fry
But I did get a coke
But it was a medium instead of a large
Baby steps

Several reasons I am on the rode to f & f
My children refer to my underwear as pantyzilla!
But...It wasn't the children that came up with the name
It was my loving husband!
And I weigh the same amount as I did when I gave birth to Noah!
Yuck

Going to my mother's tomorrow morning
We will be there for about 24 hours
I am going off to make German potato salad
Yumm!

Day 3

Woke up with another headache! Herb seems to think my body is going through detox...could be or it could be hormones

I had another good day
I ended today with 34 points and I shouldn't go over 33...thank goodness for flex points
Last night I stayed up until midnight. It was so hard not to snack-but I did it
I bought some bagels at Walmart the other day that I have been wanting to try
Finally got around to it today at lunch and they were wonderful!
Olde Hearth Select Health Crunch (dairy section)
6g of fiber and 3 points
It was really good with the whipped cream cheese
I could tell that the 2 small pieces of pizza I had for dinner weren't going to fill me up so I ate 2 servings of fruit...that helped

I have been thinking about my goal
I think I would like to get rid of 100-110
That would take me down to 150 (I can see your math brains turning!)
I wonder how long it would take me to get rid of that much?
I have a little added incentive...Herb has said if I loose 100lbs he would sell his Z and I could get a boob job
I don't want them to be smaller...just back up where they started

I am trying to be very careful with Chloe since I started this
I don't want to use the word DIET
She is getting to that age...so I keep saying that we are trying to be healthy
:)

Day 2

I went to bed with a hellacious migraine and woke up with a migraine hangover
But nothing a nice quiet warm bath couldn't fix
First off, I wanted to warn you that I am not the best at writing
So I will most likely not use punctuation or write in paragraph form
Hopefully the spellcheck will take of that spelling problem I have...

Today was so much better!
Well I am ending the day on 32/33 points
So much better than yesterday and I didn't even go into my flex points
That will help with yesterday
I forgot to mention the pasta that we have eaten the past 2 nights
As most of you know that my body is rebelling from the lack of fiber that it has had for the last 37 years...so I have been hunting for ways to fit more in
Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Pasta 6g of fiber! and 3 points!
Hitting 2 birds with one stone on that one!
I also tried the Lorna Doones in the 100 calorie pack and only 2 points
They rock!
I do so much better with individualized servings already made for me

My buddy Kathy is making this journey with me
We went through WW after Drayton was born
Now we are back again
We are trying this on our own without physically joining for 1 month
If we don't see success we will be dragging our butts into meetings
We do plan to talk nightly to share and encourage each other

I have already been thinking about the 4th and hoping I can make it through without blowing it
We will be going to spend the night with my mother
I talked to earlier tonight and she was sharing the menu with me and the food sounds doable
That gave me a warm and fuzzy feeling because she is thinking about me and wants to support me
:)

Day 1

Today was the first day to getting fit and fabulous
I started WW
How did I do?
Ok...I went over in my point range but I still ate healthy
I should have not gone over 33 and I was at 47
So, one thing at a time
Plus, I feel like shit...I have been fighting a migraine all day
Which could be the result of starting back on Lexapro
or it could be my hormones
or it could be the one coke I had today (instead of 3 or 4)
(I did break down and have another tonight hoping it would help...didn't)
or it could have been the lack of junk food in my diet
I did try something new today...the Doritos that are 100 calories and 2 points
They were very good!